TY - JOUR
T1 - Global, local or glocal? Identities of L2 learners in English as a Lingua Franca communication
AU - SUNG, Chit Cheung Matthew
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper reports on an exploratory inquiry into the perceptions of a group of second language (L2) learners of English with regard to their identities in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) communication contexts. Drawing upon data gathered from two rounds of in-depth interviews with nine participants from a Hong Kong university, the study found that these L2 learners displayed different degrees of affiliations with their local and global identities in ELF communication. While some participants expressed their preference to foreground either their local or global identities, some other participants reconciled their local and global identities and embraced their hybrid, glocal identities in ELF communication. The analysis suggests that ELF communication could offer a myriad of identity options for L2 learners and give rise to hybrid linguistic practices in their L2. Finally, the paper points to the need to acknowledge the role of individuality in identity construction in ELF settings.
AB - This paper reports on an exploratory inquiry into the perceptions of a group of second language (L2) learners of English with regard to their identities in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) communication contexts. Drawing upon data gathered from two rounds of in-depth interviews with nine participants from a Hong Kong university, the study found that these L2 learners displayed different degrees of affiliations with their local and global identities in ELF communication. While some participants expressed their preference to foreground either their local or global identities, some other participants reconciled their local and global identities and embraced their hybrid, glocal identities in ELF communication. The analysis suggests that ELF communication could offer a myriad of identity options for L2 learners and give rise to hybrid linguistic practices in their L2. Finally, the paper points to the need to acknowledge the role of individuality in identity construction in ELF settings.
KW - English as a lingua franca
KW - glocalisation
KW - identity
KW - second language learning
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/2979
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84897020798&doi=10.1080%2f07908318.2014.890210&partnerID=40&md5=1f11d21b87d309c84a91c3e6c54e75e2
U2 - 10.1080/07908318.2014.890210
DO - 10.1080/07908318.2014.890210
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 0790-8318
VL - 27
SP - 43
EP - 57
JO - Language, Culture and Curriculum
JF - Language, Culture and Curriculum
IS - 1
ER -